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This is a list of the oldest currently living former and current members of the United States House of Representatives. The list includes some politicians who were also Senators. Nonvoting delegates are included but not ranked.

Key
Template:Dagger Currently serving
Rank Representative/Delegate Date of birth House term State served Party Age (years & days)
1 Frank J. Guarini August 20, 1924 1979–1993 New Jersey Democratic 100 years, 42 days
2 Merwin Coad September 28, 1924 1957–1963 Iowa Democratic 100 years, 3 days
3 G. William Whitehurst March 12, 1925 1969–1987 Virginia Republican 99 years, 203 days
4 Lucien Nedzi May 28, 1925 1961–1981 Michigan Democratic 99 years, 126 days
5 Roscoe Bartlett June 3, 1926 1993–2013 Maryland Republican 98 years, 120 days
6 Philip Ruppe September 29, 1926 1967–1979 Michigan Republican 98 years, 2 days
7 Benjamin B. Blackburn February 14, 1927 1967–1975 Georgia Republican 97 years, 230 days
8 James W. Symington September 28, 1927 1969–1977 Missouri Democratic 97 years, 3 days
9 Bill Archer March 22, 1928 1971–2001 Texas Republican 96 years, 193 days
10 Bill Gradison December 28, 1928 1975–1993 Ohio Republican 95 years, 278 days
11 Richard Ottinger January 27, 1929 1965–1971
1975–1985
New York Democratic 95 years, 248 days
12 James Nelligan February 14, 1929 1981–1983 Pennsylvania Republican 95 years, 230 days
13 Dick Schulze August 7, 1929 1975–1993 Pennsylvania Republican 95 years, 55 days
14 Pat Saiki May 28, 1930 1987–1991 Hawaii Republican 94 years, 126 days
15 Charles Rangel June 11, 1930 1971–2017 New York Democratic 94 years, 112 days
16 Michael Bilirakis July 16, 1930 1983–2007 Florida Republican 94 years, 77 days
17 Martha Keys August 10, 1930 1975–1979 Kansas Democratic 94 years, 52 days
18 Andy Ireland August 23, 1930 1977–1993 Florida Democratic
Republican
94 years, 39 days
19 Alec G. Olson September 11, 1930 1963–1967 Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor 94 years, 20 days
20 Edward G. Biester Jr. January 5, 1931 1967–1977 Pennsylvania Republican 93 years, 270 days
21 Ron Packard January 19, 1931 1983–2001 California Republican 93 years, 256 days
22 Connie Morella February 12, 1931 1987–2003 Maryland Republican 93 years, 232 days
23 John E. Cunningham March 27, 1931 1977–1979 Washington Republican 93 years, 188 days
24 Lee Hamilton April 20, 1931 1965–1999 Indiana Democratic 93 years, 164 days
25 Bill Clay April 30, 1931 1969–2001 Missouri Democratic 93 years, 154 days
26 Sander Levin September 6, 1931 1983–2019 Michigan Democratic 93 years, 25 days
27 Thomas B. Evans Jr. November 5, 1931 1977–1983 Delaware Republican 92 years, 331 days
28 Andrew Young March 12, 1932 1973–1977 Georgia Democratic 92 years, 203 days
29 Alex McMillan May 9, 1932 1985–1995 North Carolina Republican 92 years, 145 days
30 Harold V. Froehlich May 12, 1932 1973–1975 Wisconsin Republican 92 years, 142 days
31 Beverly Byron July 27, 1932 1979–1993 Maryland Democratic 92 years, 66 days
32 Yvonne Brathwaite Burke October 5, 1932 1973–1979 California Democratic 91 years, 362 days
33 David R. Bowen October 21, 1932 1973–1983 Mississippi Democratic 91 years, 346 days
34 John Burton December 15, 1932 1974–1983 California Democratic 91 years, 291 days
N/A Walter Fauntroy February 6, 1933 1971–1991 Washington, D.C. Democratic 91 years, 238 days
35 Buddy MacKay March 22, 1933 1983–1989 Florida Democratic 91 years, 193 days
36 Bob Dornan April 3, 1933 1977–1983
1985–1997
California Republican 91 years, 181 days
37 Jim Gardner April 8, 1933 1967–1969 North Carolina Republican 91 years, 176 days
38 Ben Nighthorse Campbell April 13, 1933 1987–1993 Colorado Democratic 91 years, 171 days
39 Sid Morrison May 13, 1933 1981–1993 Washington Republican 91 years, 141 days
N/A Madeleine Bordallo May 31, 1933 2003–2019 Guam Democratic 91 years, 123 days
40 Don Fuqua August 20, 1933 1963–1987 Florida Democratic 91 years, 42 days
41 Ken Lucas August 22, 1933 1999–2005 Kentucky Democratic 91 years, 40 days
42 Chuck Grassley September 17, 1933 1975–1981 Iowa Republican 91 years, 14 days
43 Diane Watson November 12, 1933 2001–2011 California Democratic 90 years, 324 days
44 Pat Danner January 13, 1934 1993–2001 Missouri Democratic 90 years, 262 days
45 Bill Alexander January 16, 1934 1969–1993 Arkansas Democratic 90 years, 259 days
46 Richard Shelby May 6, 1934 1979–1987 Alabama Democratic 90 years, 148 days
47 Edolphus Towns July 21, 1934 1983–2013 New York Democratic 90 years, 72 days
48 Eva Clayton September 16, 1934 1992–2003 North Carolina Democratic 90 years, 15 days
49 Jean Spencer Ashbrook September 21, 1934 1982–1983 Ohio Republican 90 years, 10 days
50 Jerry M. Patterson October 25, 1934 1975–1985 California Democratic 89 years, 342 days
51 Nick Smith November 5, 1934 1993–2005 Michigan Republican 89 years, 331 days
52 Stephen L. Neal November 7, 1934 1975–1995 North Carolina Democratic 89 years, 329 days
53 Nancy Johnson January 5, 1935 1983–2007 Connecticut Republican 89 years, 270 days
54 Cleve Benedict March 21, 1935 1981–1983 West Virginia Republican 89 years, 194 days
55 Joel Hefley April 18, 1935 1987–2007 Colorado Republican 89 years, 166 days
56 W.S. Stuckey Jr. May 25, 1935 1967–1977 Georgia Democratic 89 years, 129 days
57 Pete Peterson June 26, 1935 1991–1997 Florida Democratic 89 years, 97 days
58 Ron Paul August 20, 1935 1976–1977
1979–1985
1997–2013
Texas Republican 89 years, 42 days
59 Tom Ewing September 19, 1935 1991–2001 Illinois Republican 89 years, 12 days
60 James G. Martin December 11, 1935 1973–1985 North Carolina Republican 88 years, 295 days
61 Ed Bethune December 19, 1935 1979–1985 Arkansas Republican 88 years, 287 days
62 Henry Brown Jr. December 20, 1935 2001–2011 South Carolina Republican 88 years, 286 days
63 Pat Roberts April 20, 1936 1981–1997 Kansas Republican 88 years, 164 days
64 Barbara B. Kennelly July 10, 1936 1982–1999 Connecticut Democratic 88 years, 83 days
65 Barbara Mikulski July 20, 1936 1977–1987 Maryland Democratic 88 years, 73 days
66 Michael J. Harrington September 2, 1936 1969–1979 Massachusetts Democratic 88 years, 29 days
67 Sue Kelly September 26, 1936 1995–2007 New York Republican 88 years, 5 days
68 Dave Hobson October 17, 1936 1991–2009 Ohio Republican 87 years, 350 days
69 Joan Kelly Horn October 18, 1936 1991–1993 Missouri Democratic 87 years, 349 days
70 Bill Jenkins November 29, 1936 1997–2007 Tennessee Republican 87 years, 307 days
71 Grace NapolitanoTemplate:Dagger December 4, 1936 1999–present California Democratic 87 years, 302 days
72 Jim McDermott December 28, 1936 1989–2017 Washington Democratic 87 years, 278 days
73 Edward Mezvinsky January 17, 1937 1973–1977 Iowa Democratic 87 years, 258 days
74 Tom Osbourne February 23, 1937 2001–2007 Nebraska Republican 87 years, 221 days
N/A Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia March 13, 1937 1981–1988 American Samoa Democratic 87 years, 202 days
75 Paul Kanjorski April 2, 1937 1985–2011 Pennsylvania Democratic 87 years, 182 days
76 Robert Bauman April 4, 1937 1973–1981 Maryland Republican 87 years, 180 days
77 Ernie Konnyu May 17, 1937 1987–1989 California Republican 87 years, 137 days
78 Solomon Ortiz June 3, 1937 1983–2011 Texas Democratic 87 years, 120 days
N/A Eleanor Holmes NortonTemplate:Dagger June 13, 1937 1991–present Washington, D.C. Democratic 87 years, 110 days
79 Charles F. Dougherty June 26, 1937 1979–1983 Pennsylvania Republican 87 years, 97 days
80 Nita Lowey July 5, 1937 1989–2021 New York Democratic 87 years, 88 days
81 Mickey Edwards July 12, 1937 1977–1993 Oklahoma Republican 87 years, 81 days
82 Judy Biggert August 15, 1937 1999–2013 Illinois Republican 87 years, 47 days
83 Ronnie Flippo August 15, 1937 1977–1991 Alabama Democratic 87 years, 47 days
84 Norman D'Amours October 14, 1937 1975–1985 New Hampshire Democratic 86 years, 353 days
85 Pat Williams October 30, 1937 1979–1997 Montana Democratic 86 years, 337 days
86 Lynn Woolsey November 3, 1937 1993–2013 California Democratic 86 years, 333 days
87 Joe Schwarz November 15, 1937 2005–2007 Michigan Republican 86 years, 321 days
88 Bill Lipinski December 22, 1937 1983–2005 Illinois Democratic 86 years, 284 days
89 Hal RogersTemplate:Dagger December 31, 1937 1981–present Kentucky Republican 86 years, 275 days
90 Lois Capps January 10, 1938 1998–2017 California Democratic 86 years, 265 days
91 Denny Smith January 19, 1938 1981–1991 Oregon Republican 86 years, 256 days
92 Donald Riegle February 4, 1938 1967–1976 Michigan Republican
Democratic
86 years, 240 days
93 Beryl Anthony Jr. February 21, 1938 1979–1993 Arkansas Democratic 86 years, 223 days
94 Dan Burton June 21, 1938 1983–2013 Indiana Republican 86 years, 102 days
95 William J. Green III June 24, 1938 1964–1977 Pennsylvania Democratic 86 years, 99 days
96 Neil Abercrombie June 26, 1938 1986–1987
1991–2010
Hawaii Democratic 86 years, 97 days
97 Leon Panetta June 28, 1938 1977–1993 California Democratic 86 years, 95 days
98 Barry Goldwater Jr. July 15, 1938 1969–1983 California Democratic 86 years, 78 days
99 Maxine WatersTemplate:Dagger August 15, 1938 1991–present California Democratic 86 years, 47 days
100 Buck McKeon September 9, 1938 1993–2015 California Republican 86 years, 22 days
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